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Verity by Colleen Hoover

45 reviews

lindsay424's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This is by far one of the most tense books I have ever read. I couldn't stop reading it. Amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

worldofv33's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Rape, and Kidnapping

sleepylit's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia

sabrinajoelle's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

lauren717's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gothmiku's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Kidnapping

weaverca's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Most of the time if I don't like a book, I'm quick to say it's a DNF. This book, however, is the first one where even though I was not enjoying it, I still finished it to see just how bad it was as a whole. A "hate read" if you will. First off, Colleen Hoover's writing is pretty bare bones which unfortunately leaves a lot of room for lacking depth or exploration.

Like I thought the skull-crushing car accident at the beginning would be important to the story later, but then it was just... not mentioned again until one short sentence at the end?

Disappointing. That also made it hard to like the characters, and if there's one thing I hate when it comes to books, it's when they have unlikeable "protagonists." Second, I've read better smut on Wattpad for fuck's sake. All of it was so tasteless and repetitive, almost catering to the male gaze instead of the women the book supposedly gears itself towards. Last, even though I somewhat enjoyed the Gone-Girl-flipped-on-its-head ending of it all, I saw it coming from a mile away.

Verity using the "autobiography" as a writing exercise feels like the contemporary equivalent of when we used to write "Then I woke up and realized it was all a dream" to end the stories we wrote when we were children.

All in all, I was not impressed- and often bored in fact- by this book, and I can't say I plan on reading any of Colleen's other garbage fires.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Kidnapping and Gaslighting

terpsichore_olympia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

klubbgodis's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I bought this months ago at my local bookstore, it was the first book I bought there but I didn't read it until now when my school picked it to be this months read and I'm so happy they picked it and I'm so excited to discuss it on friday. 

I am definitly team manuscript because even though I know it would be hard to swim to the shore with two kids it would be possible and especially if you are a mother and especielly if you are a mother who has already lost a child. And it's just f*cked up that she didn't tell anyone that she was back, why would anyone do that. I get that she was scared because of Jeremy but a sane person would have tried to talk to him. 

Overall this book was amazing and I totally get the hype. I really didn't see the letter being about what it was and it was just beautifully written by Hoover and it's amazing with how she came up with all of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent